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RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® (risperidone) LONG-ACTING INJECTION RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® (risperidone) LONG-ACTING INJECTION<br />

prescribing RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® for patients who will be exposed to temperature<br />

extremes.<br />

5.15 Administration<br />

RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® should be injected into the deltoid or gluteal muscle, and<br />

care must be taken to avoid inadvertent injection into a blood vessel. [See Dosage<br />

and Administration (2) and Adverse Reactions (6.8)]<br />

5.16 Antiemetic Effect<br />

Risperidone has an antiemetic effect in animals; this effect may also occur in<br />

humans, and may mask signs and symptoms of overdosage with certain drugs or<br />

of conditions such as intestinal obstruction, Reye’s syndrome, and brain tumor.<br />

5.17 Suicide<br />

There is an increased risk of suicide attempt in patients with schizophrenia or bipolar<br />

disorder, and close supervision of high-risk patients should accompany drug therapy.<br />

RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® is to be administered by a health care professional [see<br />

Dosage and Administration (2)]; therefore, suicide due to an overdose is unlikely.<br />

5.18 Use in Patients with Concomitant Illness<br />

Clinical experience with RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® in patients with certain concomitant<br />

systemic illnesses is limited. Patients with Parkinson’s Disease or Dementia with<br />

Lewy Bodies who receive antipsychotics, including RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® , are<br />

reported to have an increased sensitivity to antipsychotic medications.<br />

Manifestations of this increased sensitivity have been reported to include confusion,<br />

obtundation, postural instability with frequent falls, extrapyramidal symptoms, and<br />

clinical features consistent with the neuroleptic malignant syndrome.<br />

Caution is advisable when using RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® in patients with diseases<br />

or conditions that could affect metabolism or hemodynamic responses.<br />

RISPERDAL ® CONSTA ® has not been evaluated or used to any appreciable extent<br />

in patients with a recent history of myocardial infarction or unstable heart disease.<br />

Patients with these diagnoses were excluded from clinical studies during the<br />

product’s premarket testing.<br />

Increased plasma concentrations of risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone occur<br />

in patients with severe renal impairment (creatinine clearance

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